Welcome
to the City of St. Petersburg City Council meeting. To assist the City Council
in conducting the City’s business, we ask that you observe the following:

1.If you are speaking
under the Public Hearings, Appeals or Open Forum sections of the agenda, please
observe the time limits indicated on the agenda.

2.Placards and posters
are not permitted in the Chamber. Applause is not permitted except in
connection with Awards and Presentations.

3.Please do not
address Council from your seat. If asked by Council to speak to an issue,
please do so from the podium.

4.Please do not pass
notes to Council during the meeting.

5.Please be courteous
to other members of the audience by keeping side conversations to a minimum.

6.The Fire Code
prohibits anyone from standing in the aisles or in the back of the room.

7.If other seating is
available, please do not occupy the seats reserved for individuals who
are deaf/hard of hearing.

GENERAL AGENDA INFORMATION

For
your convenience, a copy of the agenda material is available for your review at
the Main Library, 3745 Ninth Avenue North, and at the City Clerk’s Office, 1st
Floor, City Hall, 175 Fifth Street North, on the Monday preceding the regularly
scheduled Council meeting. The agenda and backup material is also posted
on the City’s website at www.stpete.org and generally electronically updated
the Friday preceding the meeting and again the day preceding the meeting. The updated agenda and backup material
can be viewed at all St. Petersburg libraries. An updated copy is also available on
the podium outside Council Chamber at the start of the Council meeting.

If
you are deaf/hard of hearing and require the services of an interpreter, please
contact the City Clerk, 893-7448, or call our TDD Number, 892-5259, at least 24
hours prior to the meeting and we will provide that service for you.

If you wish to
address City Council on subjects other than public hearing or
quasi-judicial items listed on this agenda, please sign up with the
Clerk prior to the meeting. Only the individual wishing to speak may sign the
Open Forum sheet and only City residents, owners of property in the City,
owners of businesses in the City or their employees may speak. All issues
discussed under Open Forum must be limited to issues related to the City of St. Petersburg government.

Speakers will be
called to address Council according to the order in which they sign the Open
Forum sheet. In order to provide an opportunity for all citizens to address
Council, each individual will be given three (3) minutes. The nature of the
speakers' comments will determine the manner in which the response will be
provided. The response will be provided by City staff and may be in the form
of a letter or a follow-up phone call depending on the request.

Swearing in of
witnesses. Representatives of City Administration, the appli­cant/appellant,
opponents, and members of the public who wish to speak at the public hearing
must declare that he or she will testify truthfully by taking an oath or
affirmation in the following form:

"Do you
swear or affirm that the evidence you are about to give will be the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"

The oath or
affirmation will be administered prior to the presentation of testimony and
will be administered in mass to those who wish to speak. Persons who submit
cards to speak after the administration of the oath, who have not been
previously sworn, will be sworn prior to speaking. For detailed procedures
to be followed for Quasi-Judicial Proceedings, please see yellow sheet attached
to this agenda.

(b)Ordinance amending the
Official Zoning Map designations for certain parcels, described above.
[QUASI-JUDICIAL]

(c)Ordinance amending the
Comprehensive Plan by adding a new activity center to the list in Chapter 3,
Future Land Use Plan Element and adding a new map 6A.

(d)Ordinance amending Chapter
16 of the City Code, in response to the adopted Central Avenue Revitalization
Plan and specifically regarding reduced building setbacks, additional
residential density, intensity (floor-area-ratio) and building height for
property located within the Central Avenue Corridor Activity Center. The
proposed amendments also provide for limited accessory retail and cafe uses
within the CRT-1 activity center designation.

(e)Resolution requesting
amendment to the Countywide Future Land Use Plan, as described above, to comply
with the requirements of the Pinellas Planning Council and Pinellas Board of
County Commissioners.

(f)Resolution
transmitting the proposed amendment for state, regional and county review, in
accordance with Chapter 163, Florida Statutes.

NOTE: The
Consent Agenda contains normal, routine business items that are very likely to
be approved by the City Council by a single motion. Council questions on these
items were answered prior to the meeting. Each Councilmember may, however,
defer any item for added discussion at a later time.

1.Anyone
wishing to speak must fill out a yellow card and present the card to the
Clerk. All speakers must be sworn prior to presenting testimony. No cards may
be submitted after the close of the Public Hearing. Each party and speaker is
limited to the time limits set forth herein and may not give their time to
another speaker or party.

2.At
any time during the proceeding, City Council members may ask questions of any
speaker or party. The time consumed by Council questions and answers to such
questions shall not count against the time frames allowed herein. Burden of
proof: in all appeals, the Appellant bears the burden of proof; in variance
application cases, the Applicant bears the burden of proof; in rezoning and
Comprehensive Plan land use cases, the Owner bears the burden of proof except
in cases initiated by the City Administration, in which event the City
Administration bears the burden of proof. Waiver of Objection: at any
time during this proceeding Council Members may leave the Council Chamber for
short periods of time. At such times they continue to hear testimony because
the audio portion of the hearing is transmitted throughout City Hall by
speakers. If any party has an objection to a Council Member leaving the
Chamber during the hearing, such objection must be made at the start of the
hearing. If an objection is not made as required herein it shall be deemed to
have been waived.

3.Initial
Presentation. Each party shall be allowed ten (10) minutes for their initial
presentation.

a.Presentation
by City Administration.

b.Presentation
by Applicant and/or Appellant. If Appellant and Applicant are different
entities then each is allowed the allotted time for each part of these
procedures. The Appellant shall speak before the Applicant. In connection
with land use and zoning ordinances where the City is the applicant, the land
owner(s) shall be given the time normally reserved for the Applicant/Appellant,
unless the land owner is the Appellant.

c.Presentation
by Opponent. If anyone wishes to utilize the initial presentation time
provided for an Opponent, said individual shall register with the City Clerk at
least one week prior to the scheduled public hearing.

4.Public
Hearing. A Public Hearing will be conducted during which anyone may speak for
3 minutes. Speakers should limit their testimony to information relevant to
the ordinance or application and criteria for review.

5.Cross
Examination. Each party shall be allowed five (5) minutes for cross
examination. All questions shall be addressed to the Chair and then (at the
discretion of the Chair) asked either by the Chair or by the party conducting
the cross examination of the speaker or of the appropriate representative of
the party being cross examined. One (1) representative of each party shall
conduct the cross examination. If anyone wishes to utilize the time provided
for cross examination and rebuttal as an Opponent, and no one has previously
registered with the Clerk, said individual shall notify the City Clerk prior to
the conclusion of the Public Hearing. If no one gives such notice, there shall
be no cross examination or rebuttal by Opponent(s). If more than one person
wishes to utilize the time provided for Opponent(s), the City Council shall by
motion determine who shall represent Opponent(s).

a. Cross
examination by Opponents.

b. Cross
examination by City Administration.

c. Cross
examination by Appellant followed by Applicant, if different.

6. Rebuttal/Closing. Each party
shall have five (5) minutes to provide a closing argument or rebuttal.